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(MM f* IMK President Taft Takes Oath of Office in Senate Chamber Because of Blinding Snow Storm Raging Without. Washington, Special.—With all | the /homage that assembled thousands, representative of every State, almost •very hamlet, of the nation could pay, the accompaniment of martial matic, the rythmic tramp of soldiers' feet, the echo of saluting guns, the un checked enthusiasm privileged only to a free people of a great republic, William Howard Taft, of Ohio, Thursday became the twenty-seventh President of the United States. And not without its influence upon the day and the epoch-making event was the exit of Theodore Roosevelt heralded by countless admirers for seven years past as the most pictur esque, the most virile, and one of the greatest figures ever upon the stage of American public life. Panoramic Decorations. The inspiring medley of national ail's, of folk songs, of blood-stirring marches, floats over a kaleidscopie! panorama of red, white and blue;! fluttering flng-s, wind-flapping bunt ing. every form and manner of dec oration that could bo devitied in j honor of the nation's chief pays its silent tribhte to the day. dusk -the pageant passing in eon-} stant review before the Court of Honor had its end; the light of day yielded the scepter to the most gor geous and brilliant illumination of the Capitol ever attempted; the hiss of skyrocket, the jubilant crack and boom of every form of pyrotechnic device was heard; the rumble of car riages. the shouted command of of ficers. the beginning of the inaugnal ball. came in for their own. The escort from the White House to the Capitol consisted of members of the G. A. R., United Spanish War Veterans, and the Army and Navy Union. The Vice President entered the Benate chamber just before noon, and in a speech filled with emotion expressed his regret at parting with that body. The scene was an affect ing one.\ Vice President Sherman. Vice President Fairbanks, in his most impressive manner, then admin istered the oath to his successor. This impressive feature over. Mr. Fair banks handed the gavel to Vice President Sherman, tbe retiring Viee President taking a seat near Speaker Cannon. Mr. Sherman then began his short inautrural address. At its conclusion he administered the oath of the new Senators, some of them re-elected, and then formal ly adjourned the Senate. Gradually the procession began to move to the Senate Chamber where President elect Taft was inducted into office. Takes the Oath. In all the day replete with history making events the one great supreme moment was that when tbe shooting thousands ceased their acclaim, a solemn hush fell over tbe multitude, and the President-elect with hand up 3EVEKE STORM ON HISTORIC 4TH OF MARCH A fearful storm struck the nation —again on the historic 4th nf March. A Washington special says: Much Buffering was caused among the vast inauguration crowd here by the win try winds, the slush under foot and . freezing temperature. Two persons were reported dead as a result of ex* posurc and many other persons aro seriously ill. All the hospitals report that they have treated numerous cases of ex lifted, unfalteringly ottered the oath of office, "I do solemnly swear that I wi|l faithfully execute the office of Pres ident of the United States, and will to the best of my ability preserve, pro tect, and defend the Constitution of the United States," kissed an open Bible in the hands of Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller, and stood erect —President of the greatest nation on earth. After his inaugural address hundreds pressed about to grasp his hand, until at last he slipped away to the President's room in the Senate, where he rested a few min utes before beginning the return to the White House. Roosevelt Withdraws. The retiring President loath to di vide the honor with his successor, quietly began the journey to the Union Station, where he took a spec ial train for Oyster Bay. The new President and Mrs. Taft were alone in the first carriage, and the drive from the Capitol to the 1 White House down Pennsylvania i hvenue consumed only about fifteen i minutes. Immediately after a hasty lunch i eon the Presidential party proceeded | down the curved walk at the western I side of the White House grounds and jlcok their position in the reviewing j starirl in the Court of Honor. The parade was several miles in length, and was more than three hours in passing the reviewing point. It formed in streets surrounding the capitol. Who Made Up the Parade. The greatest event in the life of William Howard Taft, now President of the United States, was now practi cally over. More than 22.000 soldiers and sailors, regular and volunteer, and more than 0,000 members of civic organizations were in the great parade, a total of nearly 32,000 per sons. Pyrotechnics. The fireworks programme, which began at 8:30 o'clock contained fifty numbers, and embraced 1.000 rocket bombs, 500 batteries, 000 colored lights, 2 tons of colored fire. 50 bal loons, 10,000 Roman candles, and 750 sky rockets. One of the unique fea tures was a pillar of light 100 feet high, which was seen for miles around. The Star Spangled Banner was unfurled 1,000 feet in the air and tbe word, "Taft" appeared in let ters of fire in the sky. This feature was accompanied by an aerial salute of twenty-one guns. The most spec tacular piece was a "battle in the skies." President Taft Leads the Dance. President Taft and Vice President Sherman arrived at the ball at 9:30 p. m., when tbe grand mareh began, which was led by Mr. Taft, who also danced in tbe first waltz. The bril liant uniforms of the army and nary the gorgeous dress of the diplomatic corps, and the expensive costumes of the women, all went to make a scene that will Ion? linger in the memories of the, beholders. haustion among persons who stood r for many hours in slosh and snow viewing the inaugural parade. News from New York says: As a rerfult of a blizzard which swept down unannounced Wednesday night, i the middle Atlantic Seaboard from • New York to Norfolk found itself > buried in an avalanche of snow and swept by destructive winds. For a time conditions seemed to threaten a repetition of the blizzaiC of 1888. THE NEW CABINET fttatesmea Who Will Be Taft'g Coun sellors. Of great interest to the country at this time is the Cabinet which is to be President Taft's official family for the present administration. The following sketches of the men chosen by the incoming president, are taken from a recent article in the Philadel phia Record. Secretary of State. Philander Chase Knox was born at Brownsivlle Pa., in 1535. He graduated at Mt. Union College, Ohio, in 1872; was admitted to the bar in 1875. From 1876 to 1877 he was assistaut United States district attorney. In 1901 he was appointed Attorney General 'of the United States by President McKinley and retained the post under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt until 1904, when he was appo ited bv Governor Pennypacker to suceed the late M. S. Quay as Uniteri States senator from Pennsylvanir, lie has been in the Senate ever sir.ee. Secretary of the Treasury. •Franklin MneVeagb, a brother of Wayne MacYeagh, wlio was a mem ber of the Garfield cabinet, was born in Chester county. Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1862 from Yale and in 1864 from the Columbia Law School. On account of ill-health gave tip the profession and went to Chicago, where ho embarked in mercantile pursuits. He was Democratic condi date for the United States senate from lillionois in 1894 hut was de feated. He is president of the Bu reau of Charities and Municipal Art is a member of the executive com mittee of the National Civic Federa tion and is vice-president of the Anv erican Civic Association. Secretary of War. Jacob MeOnvoo Dickinson was born at. Columbus, Miss., in 1851, and graduated from the University of Nashville in 1871. He served sev eral times by special commission of the Tennessee supreme court. From 1895 to 1807 1 e was assistant attor ney general of the United S'ates. In polites he has generally been a Demo crat. He will be appointed as from Tennesee. He is president of the American Bar Association. He weighs '.170 pounds and is f> feet 3 inches in height. He is wealthy. He and Mr. Taft call each other "Dill" and "Jake." Attorney General. George W. Wiekeinhnm is a native of Pennsvlnvniu, vas born in Pitts burg in 185 S. He graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, with the degree of L.L. B. in 1880. In Martifi dale's American Law Directory he is rated as "very good" in legal ability and "very Ktrh" under the classifi cation of are the highest and most laudable ratines contained in the directory. Mr. Wickersham has been particular ly prominent in corporation law, and in this respect resembles his two pre decessors—Senator Knox and Sena tor-elect Root. Postmaster General. Frank Harris Hitchcock has been a government oHleial nearly ever since he graduated from Harvard in 1801. He was born in 186'7. He held various clerkships, bureau Wfffsftffrt, etc and finally heenme assistant post master general. He took charge of the campaign of Ceorpe B. Cortel vou for the [(residential nomination, but when this boom was squelched was invited to become manager for the Tuft boom which lie did. Secretary of the Navy. George Von Lengerko Meyer, now postmaster general, was born in T n "iS, graduated from Harvard in 1871. II" is very wenlthv. IIP -.vns speaker of the bouse in Massachusetts in 18P4. and was appointed nmbassador to Italy in 1900. In ]fW)5 lie was trans ferred to Russia, and in 3007 was re called to become a member of Presi dent Roosevelt's cabinet. Secretary of the Interior. Richard Aehilea Ballinger was born in 1858, and after graduating in 188fi f~o~i Williams College, Massachusetts, rcrrrved to Seattle, Wash. He has written a number of volumes upon the law. ■eved one term as a superior court judge, one terra as mayor of Seattle, and has since 1007 berT commissioner of the general land office. Secretary of Agriculture. James Wilson is a Scotchman. and therefore the one ran in the cabinet who could not succeed to the presi dency. He was born in 1835, and «une to the United State* in 1852, settling in Connecticut, but went to lowa, where he engaged in farming He has been secret.'ry of agricuUnre since 18p7 and his appointment to the Taft cabinet will jrive him a rec ord unparalleled in cabinet service. Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Charles Nagel, # of St. Louis, is a native of Texas and hns earned a fortune in the practice of law. His legal practice has been largely for corporations. Mr. Nagle is extreme ly tall and alfnder, thin-faced, brown hair and mustache mixed with gray. He was born in 1349. He did not receive a college rducation, but spent one year in the University of Berlin, where he studied Roman law. politi cal economy, etc. After studying abroad lie returned to St. Louis in 1873 and served as a member of the Missouri Icsrislnture and «s president of tho Bt. Louis city "edrrrml. THE NEWS IN BRIEF Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY LWo Items Covering Events of More or Last Interest at Homo and Abroad. Dr. W. D. Cmm,-collector of the pert at Charleston, S. C., who was appointed by President Roosevelt six years ago, has resigned the office. Sallio* Brown, of - Camden county, S. C.. died recently at the ripe age •f 111 years. An air gun in the hand of Law rence Ingram was aeidentally dis charged Monday, killing his sister, Mrs. James Turner, in Richmond, Va. A terrffio storm erossed the moun tain regionn of Tennessee and North Carolina on Wednesday. It seemed lifted by the mountains and only dipped down on the eastern counties of North Carolina, where it killed several persons and did great dam age to property. A site just west of Fredericksburg, called Rowe's Heights, has been se lected for a Stato female normal school. About forty acres brought #>'>,ooo. Alexandria is said to be the only county in Virginia in which cock ftehting is against the law. This was brought out in connection with a sup posed violation in Norfolk recently. An explosion of dynamite effect ually checked a distressing flre in Goid Hill, N. C., last Saturday, thr> did damage to the extent of ss,o'/). • It was authoritatively announced very recently that the cotton oil mill at Bamberg, 8. C., will be promptly rebuilt. Twenty feet of tho Mill Springi railroad bridge, near Old Fort, N. C, was burned Sunday morning, and notwithstanding it spans a deep gorge, it was ready for use again within six hours. Rfijadus Morehead was killed and Coloy Fisher and Charles Stanley were cut in a tight at Ruthcrfordtota, N. C„ on Monday. Hubert Amory, of Virginia, was fat ally shot by his brother Leroy Amory, on Tuesday and died that niplit. It was the result of ill feel ing It is estimated that 50,000 people went to Norfolk to see the big fleet. There wcr more than attended th« Jamestown Exposition during the same length of tin>«^ A furniture exposition began Mar. Ist to last till the 15th, at High Point, N. C., the great furniture center of the South. A flre destroyed the Oreensbora Hardwood Mfg. Company's plant last week, entailing a loss of $40,000, with $21,000 of insurance. John V. Harrington, M. O. Jeanes and J. Stubo Young have been ar rested arid bailed in connection with the Seminole troubles. "Lucky" Baldwin, who died at the Santa Anita Ranch, California, is said to have left an estate worth $28,000,000 net. In Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday a primary wes held for school in spectors in which women are allowed to vote. A number of them.g'ot men to hold their babies while "in the booth. Forty-five men were threatened with destruction at Port Blanchford, Pa., on Wednesday, by a »mine ex plosion, followed by fire. Luckily they found a round-about way of reaching an exit. Several were seri ously injured. Foreign Affairs. The German government has in view airships on the Zeppelin type to be armed with rapid fire guns with which to fight infantry in war. A disease resembling yellow-fever, but unlike it in that it affects only natives has broken out in Barbados Islands, and is baffling scientists to diagnose it. The telewriter has been introduced in London by which messages can be recorded when your friend of the other end of the line is out.. Washington Notes Rear-Admiral Schroeder has been designated to commander-rn-chief of the Navy to succeed Admiral Sperry, who has resigned it. Mr. Taft and family went into the White House Tuesday as guests of President and Mrs. Roosevelt. President Roosevelt held bis last cabinet meeting on Tuesday. It was more of leave taking and good wish ing than a business meeting. A severe blizzard caused the inau guration to take place in the Senate Chamber and came near dispensing Taft, in a current magazine article. *ays Roosevelt will have a place in history with Washington and Lin coln. ' , For a while during inauguration day the Associated Press wire to At lanta was the only line out of the Capital City that was not put out of commission by the storm. TAFT A RIDER TOO his First Sunday in the White House Spent With Simplicity FOLLOWS RJIOSEVELT EXAMPLE Refuses to fice Any Callers Wbo HaVe Business in Hand— r ihe First Lady of the Land lakes Up Her Duties Without Ostentation or Ceremony—Already Making the Changes She Desires in "House hold Cabinet." Washiugtou, Special.—Democfatic simplicity characterized the first Sunday in the White House, ol' the Taft family. President Taft, accom panied by his brother, Charles P. Taft, walked to the Unitarian church for morning services. The capacity of the edifice was taxed to its utmost with worshipers and strangers whose curiosity impelled their presence. He returned to the House on foot end after lunclicon\ bestrode "Sterrett," his newly-acquired horse, purchased at Hot Springs, Va., and with Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, his military aide, Capt. Archibald Butt, and President Roosevelt's orderly, McDerniott, went for a 12-mile ride over the newly constructed Potomac speedway. Sees No Callers President Taft saw no callers who ha»l business to transact during the day, this beginning his administra tion with his heretofore enforced tnnxim that Sunday should be a day of rest. Mrs. Taft File In Mrs. William Howard Taft, "firpt lady of the land," has assumed her duties without public ceremony or oath of office, which, in weight of re sponsibility, —magnitude —of impor ts nee, delicacy of execution and ab solute lack of compensation, except in love for her husband, the Presi dent, ond loyalty to the nation, as its first woman, have no Torn pa risen. Mrs. Taft is charged with admin istering the social and domestic af fairs of the White House in a 1 man ner consistent with allowing that revered and historic pile to be the public property of the notion, and at the same time the* official place of entertainment of the representa tives of foreign nations and domestic dignitaries. As the wife of Mr. Taft, she was "first ladf of the land" in the Philippine Islands; she was his wife as a Federal judge and ns a Cabinet minister. In the hitter pos ition Mrs. Taft learned the require ments of Washington society. Removed From Officialdom. That the main entrance of the White House may present as nearly as possible the appearance of a pri vate residence, the uniformed police office in and frock-coated doorkeepers have been eliminated and in their place are negro footmen in livery. Mrs. Taft has abolished the posi tion of steward and will conduct her domestic arrangements through a woman housekeeper. Plans Social Functions. While the season of prescribed of ficial dinners is over it may be pre dicted that the new tenant of the White House will conduct n series of informal social functions during the special session of Congress, which will bring renewed animation and social life to the sedate and sombre structure during the first few months of the Taft regime. Mrs. Tatt is *1(1 years of age. al though her apnearnnce and natural animation would not indicate that fact. To relieve the President from domestic cares and social adjustments seems to be the platform of her ad ministration, and her first few days of duty indicate that she is as com petent for the rank as is her hus band for the duties to which he has been called by the nation. Negro Burned at Stake. Rockwell, Tex., Special.—After having been identified by Mrs. Ar thur McKinncy as the negro who at tempted a criminal assault upon her Friday morning; Anderson Ellis was taken from the Rockwell county jail Sunday night and secured to an iron atakc driven into the earth and was burned to death in the presence of about a thousand persons. Baltimore Emerges Baltimore, Special.—The isolation from the outside world of which this city has been a complete victim prac tically since early Thursday morning was broken Sunday and the city be gan to see the end of the difficulty. The Associated Press office here man egod to secure direct wire communi cation with the New York headquar ters by the cordial co-operation of tho Chesapeake and Potomac Tele phone Company at this end and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company at the other. Seven-Ycar Old Boy Bound and Oar ged by Bnrglan Savannah, Oa~, Special.—Seven year-old Evelyn Rabey was surprised alone in his father's home here Tues day by u masked negro burglar who, threatening the boy with death from two pistols and a knife lie carried, bound the lad with a, rope to a chair and gagged hicn with u bundle of cloth until the child was near suffo cated. TORNADO KIIIS 3D Brink!ey, Ark., a Scene of Terrible Desolation THE INJURED NUMBER OVER SO Reports From the 6tonn-3wei»t Ar kansas Town Reveal on Appsllinx Condition. Brinklev, Ark., Special.—Further details of the great disaster hero state that thirty or more lives were snuffed out, CO people were injured and property estimated to be worth $1,001),000 was cjosl royed as a result of.the tornado which wrecked this little city Monday night. Of the known dead 14 are while people, the others colored. Wreckage Pil:d Hl;h. The tornr.do hovered about the city onl ya few minutes but its work of dcstuction wr.s complete. The Ro n'.a:- Catbel : c ehurcii, s'anling direct ly in the path of ilia s'.orm, alone escaped el c mage o rdest ruction and stands a prim sen«incl on a scene of desclatien. Main street and t'yprc3» nvenuo, the two principal thorongh farcs of the town, are ami are piled high with wreckage from end to end. Every business house is in ruins and there is hardly a home that has not nt least suffered (he lose rf a icof cr winy. The Arlington Hotel was totally»demolished. Eighty guests were registered but nil escap ed uninjured. The Brinkley Hotel, Southern Hod and Kellv Hotel were ail destroyed without loss of life. fret.cf squads wen* at work all day Tuesday caring for the dead and injured. The Hock Island and Cotton Belt Railways have placed cars at tho disposal of tho relief (ommiltce and cocking a temporary refuse at other points ncr.iby. The dead were sent 'to'"Helena, fun: •-T.Tcli point iuler xc:;t will ti.T.c * t 1 cc. Covcvr.cr Uonaghey arrived from Little Hock in tl.o afternoon in re sponse to a eall f:om tho citizens' committee. lie lr.r. the sination well in hand and saye food, clothing anil shelter are' tl o tiling needful. Hundreds c f p ll ' arc homeless and are v,T."werin.g :il> at seeking a tem porary Rhode. Tiiree special trains ariived from neighboring towns bringing relic f workers, physicians and irtr.ts. The Catholic church has bc.'.i converted into a hospital and lirre the electors and nurses aro caring fcr the injured. The citizens of Helena have generously offered tho use cf their hoir.es for the destitute. Mass meetings were exiled for in Memphis, Little Rock and other cities to ra : T*. r.nd snnnlies for the storm victin.s. Missouri Loses Noted Oast'? Kansas City, Mo.. Special.—Mis- "* sowi's 2-cent passenger and maxi- " niura freight laws were nullified by a decision handed down Monday in the! United States District Court by Judge Smith McPherson, of Hod Oak, lowa.. As a lesult, it is believed tlierc wiM be a quick return in Missouri 1 to 3- " cent fares. Frank Ilngerman, for * the IS companies involved, tliat the decision sounded lite 9he' death kn !1 c? "lie 2-eeut rr.!c in crtvy State in the Chief.,, Judge McPlicrson held tluft both lUu i 'iViromftdiljßi and pawmmiriirr law ■ were confiscatory and uhconstitu»iorT al. and Mr. Hagcrman declared that it is not conceivable that if the 'irceut rate is .confiscatory in Missouri, it can be compensatory in other States. The on the other hand, de- ' clan s . mphntically that Missouri's fight over lower rates will continue. Ell jot \V. Major, Attorney General, who was in court when (lie decision was reached, said an appeal would be taken and that the present Legisla ture would be asked to pass new rate laws that would stand the tests of the courts. Governcr Iladley made a similar statement. Government by Commirsicn Birmingham, Ala., Special.—Dr. Charles W. Elliot, retiring president of Harvard Cnivrisitv, spent the day here. He discussed "Government by Commission." He maintained that the highest efficiency in municipal government is accomplished bv small governing bodies placed in, office by universal suffrage. He gave the re sults of his investigation in Galves ton under the commission form. Hirton Helper ? Suicide Washington, Special— Hinton Row an Helper, a unlive of Davie (ountv, North Carolina, former United States consul general at Buenos Ayres, com mitted suicide here Tuesday. lie wat 80 years old, a veteran of the civil war. The tragic act was committed in a rocm :.t li2S Pennsylvania avenue, northwest, by tying a towel about his neck and turn ins? on the gas. Papers and latteis feu ltd in th« room where Helper took his life re pealed the fact that lie was evidently deeply interested in only one matter. I he -1 project to build a ereat inter continental rnilwuy.'to extend through North, Central and South American. Virginians Fired Tor Peonage. -Lynchburg, —Va„ Special.—ln TBI Federal district court here Tuesday upon plea* of guilty, Judge McDow ell entered the following judgments: A. A. Luck, $1,000; Robert Bran then, $500: E. T. Edmunds, $l5O, and Samuel Butler and Walter Wildman SIOO each. The accused were indict ed at the Roanoke 'court reccntlv oi charges of hcltling a large number oi laborers in involuntary servitude.
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